Cranberry-Orange Trifle

By mangia_g2

Ingredients

• Garnish:
• 8 oz cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp orange extract, divided
• 2 cups thawed nondairy whipped topping
• 1 cup whole berry cranberry sauce
• 1 small loaf (10-12 oz)pound cake, thinly sliced
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• sliced almonds
• ground cinnamon

Preparation

Step 1

Mix cream cheese, sugar, cinnamon and 1/2 tsp orange extract with electric mixer on medium speed until smooth. Gently stir in whipped topping and cranberry sauce. Set aside.

Arrange 1/3 cake slices on bottom of 8 inch square dish. Mix milk, vanilla and 1/2 tsp orange extract. Drizzle @ 2 TB of milk mixture over cake slices. Spread 1/3 of cream cheese mixture over cake slices.

Repeat for second and third layers. Sprinkle with sliced almonds and cinnamon. Cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours or up to 24 hours before serving.